# Botticelli - May 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823 "2022-05-02T17:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/41 "2022-05-06T20:56:59Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Not political/military 9. Died after 1800 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/42 "2022-05-06T20:57:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”? > Were you a young US Army general at the Battle of Gettysburg with a simian name? > Are you Chief Justice of the United States? Not John Maynard Keynes DQ Not John Roberts ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/43 "2022-05-07T22:50:07Z")
IQs: 1. When you were a teenage lad did you travel with the U.S. Ambassador to Russia to Moscow to serve as his official interpreter? 2. Were you #1’s dad? 3. Did you play The Beaver on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/44 "2022-05-08T03:07:26Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Did you say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”? > > Were you a young US Army general at the Battle of Gettysburg with a simian name? > > Are you Chief Justice of the United States? > > Not John Maynard Keynes > DQ > Not John Roberts Correct, John Gibbon and correct. John x3 redux redux! DQ: Athlete? IQs: Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? Were you his daughter? Did you play Sherlock Holmes on the London stage in 1988? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/45 "2022-05-08T06:52:52Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Not political/military 9. Died after 1800 10. Not an athlete ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/46 "2022-05-08T06:53:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. When you were a teenage lad did you travel with the U.S. Ambassador to Russia to Moscow to serve as his official interpreter? > 2. Were you #1’s dad? > 3. Did you play The Beaver on TV? 2 DQs Not Jerry Mathers > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? > Were you his daughter? > Did you play Sherlock Holmes on the London stage in 1988? 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/47 "2022-05-08T17:43:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. When you were a teenage lad did you travel with the U.S. Ambassador to Russia to Moscow to serve as his official interpreter? > > > > > 1. Were you #1’s dad? > > > 2. Did you play The Beaver on TV? > > 2 DQs > Not Jerry Mathers #1 was John Quincy Adams. #2 was John Adams. Correct on Jerry. DQs: 1. Died after 1850? 2. Known for business? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/48 "2022-05-08T23:04:16Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Not political/military 9. Died after 1800 10. Not an athlete 11. Died after 1850 12. Not known for business ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/49 "2022-05-09T13:44:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did Robert Ford shoot you dead? 2. Are you #1’s brother? 3. Are you AKA the Trickster in DC Comics? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/50 "2022-05-09T16:28:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Robert Ford shoot you dead? > 2. Are you #1’s brother? > 3. Are you AKA the Trickster in DC Comics? Not Jesse James nor Frank James Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/51 "2022-05-09T16:38:18Z")
Correct, correct, and James Jesse. DQ: Known for crime? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/52 "2022-05-09T16:39:59Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Not political/military 9. Died after 1800 10. Not an athlete 11. Died after 1850 12. Not known for business 13. Not known for crime ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/53 "2022-05-10T01:15:08Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Were you Caractacus Potts’s son? > > Were you his daughter? > > Did you play Sherlock Holmes on the London stage in 1988? > > 3 DQs Jeremy and Jemima Potts from _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,_ and Jeremy Brett. DQs: Best known for science? Best known for a single incident or event? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did Elizabeth Banks play your character’s secretary several times? Were you that character? Did you look up to Capt. Garrovick? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/54 "2022-05-10T06:08:15Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Not political/military 9. Died after 1800 10. Not an athlete 11. Died after 1850 12. Not known for business 13. Not known for crime 14. Not best known for science 15. Best known for a single incident or event today, although was known for several profession-related activities during his lifetime ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/55 "2022-05-10T06:09:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Elizabeth Banks play your character’s secretary several times? > Were you that character? > Did you look up to Capt. Garrovick? Not J.K.Simmons Not J. Jonah Jameson Not James T. Kirk ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/56 "2022-05-10T13:47:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Ambassadors_? 2. Did Stephen Sondheim write _Send In The Clowns_ for you? 3. Did you star in _The Fugitive_ on TV? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/57 "2022-05-10T16:22:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Ambassadors_ ? > 2. Did Stephen Sondheim write _Send In The Clowns_ for you? > 3. Did you star in _The Fugitive_ on TV? Take 2 DQs Not David Janssen (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/58 "2022-05-10T16:43:29Z")
#1 was Henry James. #2 was Glynis Johns. Correct on David Janssen. DQ: Known from something relating to the Civil War? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/59 "2022-05-10T17:39:40Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with J 3. Male 4. Dead 5. American 6. Did not die after 1900 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Not political/military 9. Died after 1800 10. Not an athlete 11. Died after 1850 12. Not known for business 13. Not known for crime 14. Not best known for science 15. Best known for a single incident or event today, although was known for several profession-related activities during his lifetime 16. Not known from something relating to the Civil War ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2022/963823/60 "2022-05-11T04:01:04Z")
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